The Phala of Dao Verification came from the Tree of Dao Verification. That tree was not in Ancient Zang, but in a shattered dimension. Legend had it that the Phala of Dao Verification did not belong to Ancient Zang during the ancient era.
However, the Emperor of Ancient Zang had used his power of Boundless Dao Realm to tear apart the universe and step into a world that was incredibly mysterious to almost all the cultivators in Ancient Zang. In fact, there were quite a number of people who did not know about it.
That world claimed to be the beginning of the universe. It was the Tree of Dao Verification's homeland. It grew there and became a huge tree that towered into the sky. It nourished the lives in that world, causing it to have countless powerful warriors!
There were nine continents in that world, and there was a butterfly on each of them. They were the spirits of the continents and were existences that were the same as the Tree of Dao Verification. They supported the continents in their growth.
The Emperor of Ancient Zang's entry immediately caught the attention of that world, and a great battle broke out. It was a battle of Arts that shook the sky and earth between the Emperor of Ancient Zang and the strongest person in that world, the powerful warrior known as Gou Hong.
The details of the battle were recorded in the ancient scrolls in the royal family that only the Emperor of Ancient Zang could read. No one else knew about it. They only knew that the Emperor of Ancient Zang returned with heavy injuries. When he returned, he dragged the Tree of Dao Verification behind him. He moved it to the tunnel between Ancient Zang's world and the other world, turning it into a shattered dimension.
The Phala of the Tree of Dao Verification became a supreme treasure that the cultivators of Ancient Zang would go to once in a long period of time to obtain!
As for the Emperor of Ancient Zang, once he returned to the royal capital, he chose to enter isolation … but tens of thousands of years after he entered isolation, the prince at that time discovered that the Emperor of Ancient Zang's life plate had shattered. In shock, he immediately gathered the entire royal family and activated the Emperor of Ancient Zang's isolation chamber … only to discover that the Emperor of Ancient Zang had disappeared from his tightly secured isolation chamber.
This was a rumor, and it was recorded on a jade slip in Su Ming's hand.
Su Ming sat cross-legged in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and stared at the jade slip in his hand. It was something Gu Tai had sent someone to deliver to him, and it recorded the origins of the Tree of Dao Verification. Su Ming's expression was calm as he held the jade slip, but a huge storm was raging in his heart because of the few sentences.
He held onto the jade slip. In the sixth level of Heaven's Beyond, his breathing was a little hurried. He could no longer keep his eyes calm and chose to close them.
However, even though he could close his eyes, the waves in his heart could not calm down. Instead, they turned into booming sounds that continuously shook the sky in Su Ming's mind.
'There are nine continents in that world, and the nine butterflies are the spirits of the continents … If the nine butterflies are Harmonious Morus Alba …' Su Ming's eyes flew open.
'Then it would explain the origins of the Harmonious Morus Alba. They are the nine spirits that escaped after an accident happened to that world or perhaps after that world collapsed. They flew through the endless Vast Expanse in search of a suitable home for themselves. In the end … one of the Harmonious Morus Alba became tired, and when it rested in the Vast Expanse, a world was born on its wings.' Su Ming's eyes sparkled, and a contemplative light appeared in his eyes.
'The Emperor of Ancient Zang … Is there a possibility that Xuan Zang isn't the third prince … but the Emperor of Ancient Zang?!' Su Ming's pupils shrank swiftly.
'The Emperor of Ancient Zang fought against the strongest person in that world, Gou Hong. He might have won, destroyed that world, and killed Gou Hong, but he also paid the price of being heavily injured and on the verge of death!
'Once he returned to Ancient Zang, he wanted to heal his injuries, but in the end, he could not do so, and his life plate shattered … But he was unwilling to die just like that, so he executed some sort of divine ability and sat on the Feng Shui compass with the nine Reversed Spirit Pearls to absorb Harmonious Morus Alba in search for Reversed Spirits … His goal … was to resurrect himself!' When Su Ming thought of this, his eyes shone brilliantly, and a loud bang surged into the heavens in his heart. He swiftly realized that if his guess was correct, then in truth …
He might have seemed to have failed in his fight against Xuan Zang's Possession, because he was not fighting against Xuan Zang, but the third prince. In fact, he did not even know his true identity, so how could he even talk about successfully Possessing him?
This discovery caused cold sweat to break out on Su Ming's forehead. He clenched the jade slip in his hand and gradually narrowed his eyes.
In silence, Su Ming chose to bury this matter at the bottom of his heart and turn it into one of the many thoughts he had about the world. Then, he put away the jade slip and slowly closed his eyes.
He could not rush into this matter. Su Ming knew that he could not make even a single mistake. If he did … he would no longer be himself. This could be said to be the most difficult Possession he had ever taken in his life, and it was also the one he could not afford to make a mistake.
He had to think about every single choice and decision carefully before he could take that step … because he could not turn back from this path.
If he succeeded, Su Ming knew that he would become Xuan Zang. When he opened his eyes, he would see the Vast Expanse, and he would see the hope of resurrecting the people in his memories. If he failed … Su Ming also knew that he would no longer be himself. If he failed in his Possession, the one who would open his eyes would no longer be him … but Xuan Zang.
Time trickled by. While Su Ming meditated in the sixth layer of Seven Moons Sect's Sky Beyond the Sky, decades passed. As time flowed by like flowing water, the day the Tree of Dao Verification would bear fruit drew closer.
On one autumn day, Su Ming opened his eyes in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and watched the autumn rain fall from the sky with a chill. He watched it pour on the ground, and the shadow of his fourth overlapping Dao Spirit in his fourth eye was no longer completely indistinct. It had gained some form of outline. If there was no external force pushing it forward, Su Ming could use his own power to complete the formation of his fourth overlapping Dao Spirit.
When the autumn rain fell outside, bell tolls echoed in Seven Moons Sect in a languid manner. There was an ancient tone to it, and it stirred up ripples in the world, causing the autumn rain to look as if it was trembling. All the cultivators in Seven Moons Sect lifted their heads.
As long arcs flew out, nearly six-tenths of the elite cultivators in Seven Moons Sect — more than two hundred thousand people — turned into countless long arcs and rose into the sky.
Gu Tai, Xu Zhong Fan, Dao Han … the thirteen great sect elders all moved out. Most of the sect elders also followed them. With two hundred thousand cultivators, they rose into the sky in the season of autumn rain.
At the same time, a dark cloud appeared under their feet. It was so big that it covered the land and Seven Moons Sect, allowing the two hundred thousand cultivators to sit cross-legged on the dark cloud.
Lightning sparks shone in the clouds, and they were filled with a powerful mighty pressure. The item that seemed to be a dark cloud was in truth an incredibly powerful Enchanted Treasure from Seven Moons Sect. Besides its own power, the Enchanted Treasure could also move through the world, and it would bring the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect to the battle of Dao Verification!
"Su Ming!" Gu Tai's ancient voice echoed in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, and Su Ming slowly stood up.
"The time has come. We … will accompany you to the battle of Dao Verification!" At the instant Gu Tai's voice traveled into the air, the two hundred thousand something cultivators on the dark cloud shouted together!
Their voices were united, and when they traveled out, it was as if the world had roared. When it reverberated in the air, the Feng Shui compass appeared under Su Ming's feet. He stood on it and turned into a long arc that charged into the sky. The five white dogs behind him followed at the same time. Together with Su Ming, there were a total of six long arcs that instantly broke through the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and appeared in front of the dark cloud. With a step forward, he stepped on it.
Almost at the instant Su Ming arrived, the dark cloud let out a loud roar and charged forward, leaving behind an afterimage in Seven Moons Sect's sky. Its real body was already far beyond the nine heavens.
After a long while, the afterimage slowly disappeared. Countless rays of light from Runes appeared inside and outside Seven Moons Sect. All the Runes in Seven Moons Sect had been activated. As the Runes appeared, Seven Moons Sect gradually looked as if it had been hidden away from the land. When anyone looked over, they would only be able to see mountains …
The dark cloud charged forward in the sky. It was so quick that it instantly covered an endless distance. The two hundred thousand cultivators sitting on the dark cloud were silent, but the killing intent in their eyes grew stronger.
They knew that this was a battle of Dao Verification between the seven sects and twelve clans. Once in a long period of time, this sort of battle would happen. However … this time, due to the competition for the throne, the devastation of the battle would be much greater than before.
However … as long as they won and were not destroyed, then when the competition for the throne succeeded two thousand something years later, all the people who participated in the battle would have kismet added to them, and their levels of cultivation would increase by leaps and bounds!
This was the kismet for the throne, and it was Ancient Zang's kismet!
At the same time, the seven sects and twelve clans in Ancient Zang carried out similar actions. As the light from their Enchanted Treasures shone, the cultivators from the sects and clans charged … towards the royal capital of the central plains from all directions in Ancient Zang!
The shattered dimension with the Tree of Dao Verification was divided into three layers. Only those who stepped into the third layer could enter the dimension with the Tree of Dao Verification, and whoever was the first to enter would have an advantage.
The first and second layers were the battles of Dao Verification between the seven sects and twelve clans for the right to enter the third layer!
The reason why the seven sects and twelve clans would fight against each other in a devastating manner over the course of a long period of time was because of the smaller Phala. Their main goal was the larger Phala!
It was a Reversed Spirit Pearl, a treasure that could protect a sect. According to legends … its greatest use was to allow a person to gain an epiphany and surpass the realm of Great Dao Paragons and become ninth level Dao Divinities!
Besides, the more Reversed Spirit Pearls a person obtained, the more likely it would be for them to gain an epiphany. This matter had already been acknowledged by the sovereign of the royal capital, and it was announced to the world that the pearl did indeed have such an effect, but the exact extent of its effects varied from person to person and based on the number of Great Dao Paragons.
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